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Patent No.:

US 9046831 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2011
Applicants:

Takayuki Ito, Nagoya, JP;

Hiroshi Mizuno, Aisai, JP;

Kuniya Matsuura, Toyohashi, JP;

Masayuki Satou, Toyohashi, JP;

Takashi Fujiwara, Toyohashi, JP;

Inventors:

Takayuki Ito, Nagoya, JP;

Hiroshi Mizuno, Aisai, JP;

Kuniya Matsuura, Toyohashi, JP;

Masayuki Satou, Toyohashi, JP;

Takashi Fujiwara, Toyohashi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00772 (2013.01); G03G 21/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fixing device for fixing a toner image onto a recording paper includes a heating member for heating the recording paper, a pressing member for pressing the heating member by pressure-applying contact, a casing accommodating the heating member and the pressing member, and being provided with an exit port for discharging the recording paper, and a closing unit added to the exit port for keeping a temperature of the casing. The closing unit has a rotation member, and an opposed member forming a nip region together with the rotation member.


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Ito, Takayuki. (2015). Fixing device and image forming apparatus capable of effectively suppressing thermal energy released externally from device due to thermal convection and hot air flow (U.S. Patent No. 9046831). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9046831

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